| Title |
Gerald A. Corwin, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, October 9, 2000: Saving the Legacy tape no. 119 |
| Alternative Title |
Gerald A. Corwin, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Corwin, Gerald A., 1913- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-10-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, United States; Hawaii; Philippines |
| Subject |
Corwin, Gerald A., 1913- --Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American |
| Keywords |
Chemical weapons; Redstone Arsenal |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of an interview by Winston Erickson with Gerald A. Corwin on October 9, 2000. From tape number 119 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Corwin (b. 1913) was born in Hardin, Montana. He graduated from Montana State University in 1937 with a degree in chemistry. While in college he joined the National Guard for help with the cost of college. After college, he went to work for the Yale Oil Corporation in South Dakota. Although still in the inactive National Guard at the time of Pearl Harbor, he wasn't called up, but enlisted in the army. He went to Ft. Lewis, Washington, applied for and was accepted into Officer Candidate School (OCS). He was commissioned in 1942 and was assigned to the chemical warfare service, Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. He was there for 20 months, applied for the infantry, and returned to Ft. Lewis to train troops. He was headed to the infantry, in fact, had arrived in Hawaii when the peace treaty was signed and the war was over. He was sent to the Philippines and left the service on meeting the time-in-service requirements. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 33 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
33 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6zw3p0k |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027729 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3p0k |
| Title |
Page 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027714 |
| OCR Text |
Show GERALD . ORWIN B 9 20 0 GAC: I was in the Philippines for about three or four m nths. I had length f rvic . I didn't have many points, because I was always in the States. You just got two points a month there. But I had length of service is what I went home on. WE: So what were your duties in the Philippines? GAC: I was just another issue Army lieutenant, mostly wondering what the hell are we going to do today? (laughs) Play a little bridge, play chess, find somebody to play chess with. WE: To what unit were you assigned? GAC: I have no idea. WE: I was a Base-M. My wife's brother, her brother Tom, younger brother, was at Base-Mat the same time. We didn't know each other. Hell, we might have bunked next to each other and I wouldn't have remembered it (laughs). I might have, but it's highly unlikely. But we were just at Base-Mat the same time, we were with different outfits. I think somewhere in the shuffle I got in the engineers. I remember. We went over to the Philippines and here the damn war's over and all us infantry officers, what in the hell are they going to do to us? We stopped at some point there. We were supposed to go to Leyte and they turned us around and we went into Manila Harbor and we lay in there for a couple of days and one day they took us out to the boat. I remember, very interesting, we'd just gone ashore there in Manila and the MPs came by and they picked up some sailor who was in a dress uniform and absolutely stinking drunk. And I remember he got _[unclear]_ and I can still see the MP just open the back door of the cage, reached up and got the guy by the scruff of the neck, jerked him, and he landed flat on his back. 19 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3p0k/1027714 |
